simon cowell is launching his own talent show "the x factor" on fox. >> "american idol" without simon is the "ellen" talk show without ellen. it's weird. it's going to limp along and >>> president obama launches a week-long push focused on the economy. >> it allows him to define that republicans as the party of no. >> those republicans are saying it's all too little, too late to help democrats in november. >>> craigslist taking down its controversial adult services ad section. we'll hear from the website's founder, the craig behind the list. >>> and, the money problems in one community in california. >> hundreds of thousands of dollars of public money has been paid out under completely suspicious circumstances. >> where did all of it go and who's getting rich because of it? the answer is ahead on this labor day, monday, september 6th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> that controversy in california really is something else. i think initial reports are the median salary in that community is like $30,000. these guys are making hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> well, it's